Kevin Press
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New York duo Leena has won my attention. This is less difficult than I’ve made it sound. Truth is, I can be had in three easy steps. First, write me a somewhat cryptic email. Something along these lines: “All of our work is improvised electronic music using hardware, pedals and synths. Everything is 30 minutes longform…
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A Lily – Layla – 0:41 to 6:01 A Lily – Miles – 5:30 to 9:46 Blushing – Weak – 8:55 to 13:23 DR – 07/03/17 – 12:38 to 26:53 Herbsthauch – Pendeln – 26:18 to 35:08 lucretius22 – fss – 34:35 to 38:52 Quin Kirchner – Drums & Tines Pt. 2 – 38:26 to…
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It’s been more than three years since we heard something new from Minneapolis’ Chris Bartels. Starting a family can do that to you. A new mouth to feed has a way of upsetting schedules and reordering priorities. This new work captures Bartels’ domesticity in more ways than one. “I embraced imperfections and made a point…
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There is a floorboard outside my daughter’s bedroom that creaks loudly when stepped on. We have woken her more than once, trying to navigate our way around that particular piece of hardwood. Such is life in a house built more than a hundred years ago. Carlo Giustini’s new album La stanza di fronte (The Other…
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Billed as “an exploration of the techniques, methods and technologies used in post-war western avant-garde music and sound art,” this cassette from Bristol’s zoller is a punishing listen from start to finish. This is not, however, a simple matter of noise for shock value. (Although there are one or two jolts, to be sure.) Alex…
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There is a moment, at this time of year, when you know snow is approaching. The sky darkens, the air dampens, then one or two flakes circle slowly to the ground. This is what The White Summer sounds like. From Turin, Italy, Luca Bonandini’s The Illusion Of Science released its second album on Dec. 21,…
